Green Turtle Hooked on a Longline in the Eastern Pacific near Costa Rica (IMAGE)

Drexel University

Green Turtle Hooked on a Longline in the Eastern Pacific near Costa Rica

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A green sea turtle is captured on a fishing line from a longline fishing boat in the eastern Pacific near Costa Rica. About 80 percent of captured turtles are released from longlines and survive in the short term, but long-term impacts are not sufficiently measured.

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James Spotila

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